Wednesday, December 14, 2011

recent activities, fall 2011

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The 2011 - 2012 academic session is now upon us. This year I will only be teaching our first year introduction to international development...
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Friday, November 25, 2011

food movements unite!

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Food Movements Unite! is a new book edited by Eric Holt-Giménez and Annie Shattuck. It provides a sector by sector road map for bringing th...

occupy your democracy

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The single most important Robert Reich clip you can share today; it’s two minutes and sixteen seconds of pure common sense that you can shar...
Thursday, November 24, 2011

How to write about Africa

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An excellent article by Binyavanga Wainaina originally published in Granta 92 that challenges us to rethink our assumptions. Page 1 | How t...
Monday, November 14, 2011

the case for an alternative economic strategy

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Jayoti Ghosh is one of the best heterodox development economists working today. Here is her recent prescription for equitably fixing the gl...
Thursday, November 10, 2011

Overpopulation: the making of a myth

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An excellent tutorial introduction as to the creation of the myth that the world is overpopulated. As some students have remarked, in the wo...
Monday, November 7, 2011

Putting growth in its place: Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze on India's political economy in the 21st century

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This is an excellent article by Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen on India's social and economic performance in the 21st century. It was first...